On The Pegs February 2020 - Volume 5 - Issue 2 | Page 96

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the sport that I want to, and that was one of the final things. So, it was just kind
of a bucket list deal almost, even though I didn’t feel like I was ready for it or that
I should even be in it with those guys. I just wanted to give it a shot because it
would probably be my only chance to do something like that.
I think you underestimate yourself against those guys.
I was scared. I honestly just didn’t feel like I should be there looking at the stuff.
I just didn’t have confidence in that style of terrain. I always pictured – stuff at my
house is kind of stadium style and I have an indoor shed that I ride in. The stuff
here is just nothing like that at all. The size of it and the shape of things being so
square. You have to hit them at angles and just how precise and skinny and tall
everything is, and how perfect you have to be to not crash. When I was looking at
the sections first, I’m just seeing all these holes and all these concrete edges and
just really nervous to even attempt them. I really felt like I shouldn’t be there look-
ing at the stuff. Not a good start when I didn’t have any confidence to begin with